Sample work Creative Arts K–6 Stage 3: Visual Arts: Making Music Collages

Description of activity

Students create artworks using collage, based on the theme of making music.

1. Students observe and draw musical instruments, experimenting with different drawing and painting materials.
2. They select parts of their drawings to photocopy and enlarge.
3. Students reorganise these images into a new composition, showing different viewpoints in the one picture.
4. They select collage materials to apply to the work, as well as colour to create their intended effect.

Suggested materials

Musical instruments, artworks featuring musical instruments, soft drawing pencils, charcoal, graphite, felt pens, conte and water-soluble pencils, art paper, acrylic paint, inks, dyes, brushes, scissors, adhesive, fabrics, patterned papers. 
Options: photocopies of music scores

Prior learning

Students have been investigating how sound is made on a variety of musical instruments in Science and Technology. They have also viewed and discussed the works of artists who have used musical instruments as subject matter. The students have been introduced to works by the Cubist artists, Picasso and Braque.

Board of Studies, Creative Arts K–6 Units of Work, pp 50–55

Outcomes

Making (VAS3.1)
Investigates subject matter in an attempt to represent likenesses of things in the world.
Making (VAS3.2)
Makes artworks for different audiences, assembling materials in a variety of ways.

Criteria for assessing learning

Students will be assessed on their:

• investigation of a range of drawing, painting and collage techniques
• representation of the subject matter of musical instruments, from different viewpoints, including lines, shapes, colours, patterns and textures.

Work Sample Assessment 

Casey 

Casey has communicated an extensive knowledge and understanding of forms and techniques to represent the subject matter of musical instruments, from different viewpoints, including lines, shapes, colours, patterns and textures. Casey has demonstrated a high level of competence in conveying meaning by using a range of drawing, painting and collage techniques. Casey has also taken risks in the composition of materials and displays mature ideas in the understanding of audiences. This work sample demonstrates characteristics of work typically produced by a student performing at grade A standard at the end of Stage 3.

Alex 

Alex has communicated an extensive knowledge and understanding of forms and techniques to represent the subject matter of musical instruments. Alex has taken risks with line, patterns, shape, angles, colour and viewpoints and has demonstrated a very high level of competence in conveying meaning by using a range of drawing, painting and collage techniques. The material has been assembled with evidence of advanced spatial awareness. This work sample demonstrates characteristics of work typically produced by a student performing at grade A standard at the end of Stage 3.

Jordan 

Jordan has demonstrated evidence of careful observation of a variety of musical instruments and a high level of competence in using techniques such as texture, tone and line. Jordan has made informed choices to represent the subject matter of musical instruments from different viewpoints including shapes, textures patterns and lines. There is a lack of integration of background and foreground, and the artwork could be enhanced by the use of colour. This work sample demonstrates characteristics of work typically produced by a student performing at grade B standard at the end of Stage 3.

Kerry 

Kerry has made informed choices to represent the subject matter of a musical instrument using a variety of colours, patterns and lines. Kerry has demonstrated a high level of competence in using drawing and collage techniques. There is evidence of using the continuation of lines to create movement and flow through out the artwork. The viewer's attention is drawn away from the focal point and the composition lacks balance and connectedness. This work sample demonstrates characteristics of work typically produced by a student performing at grade B standard at the end of Stage 3.

Lee 

Lee has communicated a sound knowledge and understanding of forms and techniques to represent the subject matter of musical instruments. Lee has demonstrated an adequate level of competence in drawing, painting and collage techniques. The material has been assembled with evidence of an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills. Disconnected elements have been used to fill the background, and the artwork lacks different perspectives. This work sample demonstrates characteristics of work typically produced by a student performing at grade C standard at the end of Stage 3.